Massage facilitates natural pain relief through endorphin release and improving circulation of blood, lymph, nutrients, and oxygen to the tissues. Massage employs techniques such as light friction, gentle kneading, and tapping. It can be combined with acupressure and reiki or used alone, and treatments are customized for each animal’s needs. It can help animals on a wide range of issues, but is especially helpful for muscular and skeletal issues such as muscle atrophy or tightness, injury rehabilitation, paralysis, and arthritis.

Acupressure promotes health by assisting the body to achieve an harmonious state of balance.   Acupressure (with fingertips or thumb) stimulates or sedates points lying along energy pathways called meridians. Qi or Chi (Life Energy) flows through these interconnected channels, transporting healing properties throughout the body. Treating the correct acupoints balances Chi, allowing the body to heal itself by relieving or preventing blockages and excesses that can cause pain and dis-ease. No needles are used, only gentle pressure, which can be adjusted as the animal responds to the treatment.

Acupressure can help with both chronic and short term physical and behavioral imbalances. Acute situations such as post-surgical rehabilitation can benefit from a short series of treatments. Chronic problems such as arthritis are best served by an extended series of treatments because the goal is to help the body rebalance itself for lasting vitality. Regular treatments are also wonderful for prevention, so your animal can benefit from acupressure before a health crisis.

Reiki (pronounced ray-kee) is an energetic healing method that is non-invasive and relaxing for animals. Reiki is gentle energy healing that originated in Japan, and yields powerful results for the body, mind and spirit. The energy is channeled through the practitioner’s hands, either directly or from a distance. It is ideal to use with animals because they control the treatment, accepting only what they need. The deep relaxation that results allows the animal's body to begin to heal itself.

Reiki can be done in-person or at a distance, as it does not require hands-on contact to be effective, so Reiki sessions can be scheduled as part of an in-home visit, or as a distance session in which  Reiki is sent to your animal long distance. Distance sessions can provide owners a time to set their own intention for their animal’s wellbeing, and to relax and feel their own positive healing thoughts for their animal while Reiki is being sent.

Aromatherapy uses essential oils extracted and distilled from the roots, flowers, and leaves of plants to promote health. It can be administered through acupoints or by inhalation. Essential oils may be used alone, but can be  especially effective when used in conjunction with massage, acupressure and Reiki.

 Favorite Quotes:

"Until one has loved an animal,  a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~ Anatole France

"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language." ~ Martin Buber

"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." ~ Immanual Kant  

 "There is honor in being a dog." -Aristotle

"Nevertheless it is hardly fair to risk your heart for a dog to tear." ~ Rudyard Kipling

"A house is not a home without a pet." ~ Anonymous

"Dogs never lie about love." ~  Mike Del Ross

"These things are dandy things, I know-But give a boy a dawg." ~ Douglas Malloch

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are is life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." ~ Anonymous

"A horse gallops with his lungs, Perseveres with his heart, And wins with his character." ~ Tesio

"The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals" ~ Anonymous

"A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service."
~ Plutarch (c. 100 A.D.) 



 

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